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markfch:

Just now ds came back excitedly with a solar car. He kept saying, 'Cool man.'


He then launches into a non-stop 'lecture' on how solar energy causes the stationary car to move. Really appreciate PH's exposure here. :celebrate: Ding ding ding ding.

I believe nothing motivates a child to be curious about the environment more than thru practical experience. Thank you PH

Dd's time was a solar grasshopper. Quite special too.

[S6169]

E3:

markfch:

Just now ds came back excitedly with a solar car. He kept saying, 'Cool man.'


He then launches into a non-stop 'lecture' on how solar energy causes the stationary car to move. Really appreciate PH's exposure here. :celebrate: Ding ding ding ding.

I believe nothing motivates a child to be curious about the environment more than thru practical experience. Thank you PH

Dd's time was a solar grasshopper. Quite special too.

ds's also got a solar grasshopper, still kept in his treasure box

[markfch]

E3:

Dd's time was a solar grasshopper. Quite special too.

Grasshopper is definitely more interesting than a car. Better don't let ds know this; otherwise means more :moneyflies: fly out from my pocket, hehe.

S6169:

ds's also got a solar grasshopper, still kept in his treasure box

DS is treating his solar car as a new treasure ..... for the moment. But his pattern is that in time to come, he'll just move on to the next 'treasure' :lol: .

[JRLam]

markfch:

php:

surprisingly, i don't need a reading glasses at the moment....but i thought you are much younger than me...

The problem hit me when I was in early 30s. Surprising rite? But according to optician, it's not an uncommon phenomenon nowadays.

Do you have perfect eyesight as far as short-sightedness is concerned?

[markfch]

JRLam:

Do you have perfect eyesight as far as short-sightedness is concerned?

No leh. I was a specky since sec 2 though my short-sightedness has stabilised at 250 deg for each eye since those days. I do find my current bifocal glasses pretty uncomfortable so most of the time I take them out when I need to read; which is a source of amusement during meetings as far as my colleagues are concerned.

Of course they don't dare to laugh at big boss lah, so laugh at me lor :lol: .

[Funx3]

markfch:

JRLam:

Do you have perfect eyesight as far as short-sightedness is concerned?

No leh. I was a specky since sec 2 though my short-sightedness has stabilised at 250 deg for each eye since those days. I do find my current bifocal glasses pretty uncomfortable so most of the time I take them out when I need to read; which is a source of amusement during meetings as far as my colleagues are concerned.

Of course they don't dare to laugh at big boss lah, so laugh at me lor :lol: .

So your Big Boss, Like U, Got Similar Eye-sight / bifocal problems?

[markfch]

Funx3:

So your Big Boss, Like U, Got Similar Eye-sight / bifocal problems?

Only diff is, I had it in my early 30s. Luckily nowdays bifocals don't have that dreaded middle line separating the 2 lenses. Technology advancement has made it possible to mesh 2 lenses transparently into one.

As for names, I certainly prefer the english name of hyperopia or even the chinese name of 远视 rather than the colloquial 'lao hua yan'. Maybe I 人老心不老 :oops: .

Interestingly, there was a report on this issue recently in asiaone below.
http://www.asiaone.com/Health/Women%2527s+Matters/Story/A1Story20100927-239211.html

Edit: Upon further reading, I realised that hyperopia is different from presbyopia. Oh man, time to upgrade my knowledge ..... wiki where are you?

[Funx3]

markfch:

Edit: Upon further reading, I realised that hyperopia is different from presbyopia. Oh man, time to upgrade my knowledge ..... wiki where are you?

Wiki?
Thought It Had Long LEAK AWAY -liao?

[janet88]

markfch:

php:

surprisingly, i don't need a reading glasses at the moment....but i thought you are much younger than me...

The problem hit me when I was in early 30s. Surprising rite? But according to optician, it's not an uncommon phenomenon nowadays.

I'm quite fed-up wearing glasses, esp when I'm perspiring and glasses keep slipping off nose. Thought of doing Lasik but worry about side-effects and thinking I may not be able to do away with glasses completely if I should develop lao3 hua1 one day. Surgeon who did eye op for hubby said presbyopia (lao hua) hits when person reaches 40...and I'm getting close to that :roll:

[janet88]

Hi Periwinkle,

Yours truly here DESPERATE regarding SA1 Science topics. Emailed to school website asking for info. If Almighty and her team start reading this thread (maybe they are following), my identity will be known liao :?: